So it's been a while. I've been quite busy recently. I had a two month summer vacation in which time I had to unpack, pack, and leave for South Africa. Well, I am now here and settled in. I've been here now for two weeks and the experience has been ABSOLUTELY amazing!!
The first stop on my journey was a 14 hour layover in London. It was the perfect length because it meant that I could leave the airport and explore London for the day...with none other than my best friend who is currently in London to study and for an internship...As it was my first time in London, and first time seeing Parvati in a couple of months, I wanted to get as much out of it as possible. She took me around to some of her favorite spots in the city, we ate crepes in front of Big Ben, and got to catch up on our lives. While there I was able to see a couple of other friends (a whole group of them are in London for the summer) as well. All in all it made for a lovely day and layover.
Then we hugged good bye and I was back at Heathrow and off to Africa. It was really good timing, actually. I hardly had any jet lag because both flights were overnight and the time difference between London and Cape Town (where I flew into) is only one hour.
Upon arrival in Cape Town I had a driver pick me up (I am here with a program called CIEE, technically in Stellenbosch) and bring me to a hostel where I met one of the other girls in the program. There are four of us all together. Three of us are staying in the same dorm, Metanoia...I'll come back to that another day, though. Soon, I promise. So the first two weeks we spent getting oriented. We had a CIEE orientation and a Stellenbosch international student's orientation. Then we had a week of "first meetings" (first classes, that last maybe 20 minutes going over the syllabus. It's kind of like a shopping period) In all of this time I've been able to meet some really cool people from all over the world!
Pictures and more details to come :)
